List of Urdu Poets

This is a list of Urdu language poets, arranged by date of birth. The italic text after the poet's name is their takhallus, or nom de plume.

13th century

·         Amir Khusro (1253–1325)

16th century

·         Muhammad Quli Qutub Shah (1565–1611), wrote poetry primarily in Persian, but also in Hindavi

17th century

·         Wali Muhammad Wali, Wali Deccani (1667–1707)
·         Mirza Mazhar Jan-e-Janaan (1699–1781)

18th century

·         Mirza Muhammad Rafi, Sauda (1713–1780)
·         Siraj Aurangabadi (1715–1763)
·         Khwaja Mir Dard, Dard (1721–1785)
·         Mir Taqi Mir, Mir (1723–1810)
·         Nazeer Akbarabadi, Nazeer (1740–1830)
·         Bahadur Shah, Zafar (1775–1862)
·         Imam Baksh Nasikh, Nasikh (1776–1838)
·         Khwaja Haidar Ali Atish, Atish (1778–1846)
·         Muhammad Ibrahim Khan, Zauq (1789–1854)
·         Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib, Ghalib (1796–1869)

19th century

·         Momin Khan Momin Momin (1801–1852)
·         Mirza Salaamat Ali Dabeer (Mirza Salaamat Ali) Dabeer (1803–1875)
·         Mir Babar Ali Anis Anis (1803–1874)
·         Daya Shankar Kaul Nasim, (1811–1845)
·         Mirza Gulame SajjadAsher ()
·         Amir Meenai (1828–1900)
·         Dagh Dehlvi (Nawab Mirza Khan) Daagh (1831–1905)
·         Altaf Hussain Hali (Hali Panipati) Hali (1837–1914)
·         Akbar Allahabadi (Syed Akbar Hussain)Akbar (1846–1921)
·         Riyaz Khairabadi (Syed Riyaz Ahmad) (1853–1934)
·         Ahmad Raza Khan (1856–1921)
·         Bekhud Badayuni (Muhammad Abdul-Hayy Siddiqui) Bekhud (1857–1912)
·         Shibli Nomani (Allama Shibli Nomani) (1857–1914)
·         Bekhud Dehlvi (Syed Wahiduddin Ahmad) (1863–1955)
·         Saail Dehlvi (Nawab Sirajuddin Ahmad Khan) (1868–1945)
·         Jalil Manekpuri (Jalil Hassan) Jalil (1869–1946)
·         Saqib Lucknawi (Mirza Zakir Hussain Kazalbash) (1869–1949)
·         Dr. Muhammad Iqbal (1873–1938)
·         Syed Ghulam Bhik Nairang (1875–1952)
·         Hasrat Mohani (Syed Fazlul Hussain) Hasrat (1875–1951)
·         Fani Badayuni (Shaukat Ali Khan) Fani (1879–1941)
·         Seemab Akbarabadi (Ashiq Hussain) (1882–1951)
·         Brij Narayan Chakbast, (1882–1926)
·         Yagana Changezi (Mirza Wajid Hussain Yaas) Yaas (1883–1956)
·         Tilok Chand Mehroom (1885–1966)
·         Jigar Moradabadi (Ali Sikandar) Jigar (1890–1960)
·         Mustafa Raza Khan, Noori (1892–1981)
·         Raaz Chandpuri (Mohd. Sadiq) (1892–1969)
·         Josh Malihabadi (Shabbir Hassan Khan) Josh (1894–1982)
·         Firaq Gorakhpuri (Raghupati Sahay) Firaq (1896–1982)
·         Abr Ahasani Gunnauri (1898–1973)
·         Gopi Nath 'Aman' (1898–1983)

1900

·         Hafeez Jalandhari (Mohd.Hafeez) (1900–1982)
·         Pandit Harichand Akhtar ('Akhtar') (1901–1958)
·         Makhmoor Dehlvi (Fazle-Ilaahi) (1901–1965)
·         Alam Muzaffarnagari(Muhammad Ishaaq) (1901–1969)
·         Khushtar Girami(Dewan Ram Rakhamal Kalia) (1902–1988)
·         Anand Narain Mulla (1901–1997)
·         Andleeb Shaadani (Wajahat Hussain) (1902–1969)
·         Shaad Arfi (1903–1964)
·         Chiragh Hassan Hasrat (Hasrat) (1904–1955)
·         Syed Sajjad Zaheer (1904–1973)
·         Akhtar Sheerani (Mohd.Dawood Khan) (1905–1948)
·         Saghar Nizami (1905–1984)
·         Syed Aabid Ali (Aabid) (1906–1971)
·         Sabir Dehlavi Muhammad Ishaq Khan (1906–1963)
·         Mahir ul Qadri (1907–1978)
·         Makhdum Muhiuddin (1908–1969)
·         Arsh Malsiani (Bal Mukund) (1908–1979)
·         Abdul Hameed Adam (Adam) (1909–1976))
·         Majaz (Asrar-ul-Haq) (1909–1955)
·         Abdur Rahim Sanjar (Sanjar Madrasi)

1910

·         Noon Meem Rashid (1910–1975)
·         Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Faiz (1911–1984)
·         Aijaz Siddiqi (1911–1978)
·         Ravish Siddiqi (Ravish) (1911–1971)
·         Nushoor Wahidi (1911–1981)
·         Meeraji (1912–1949)
·         Moin Hassan Jazbi (1912-)
·         Ehteshaam Hussain (1912–1972)
·         Shamim Karhani (1913–1975)
·         Sahir Bhopali (1913–1976)
·         Mehr Lal Soni Zia Fatehabadi (1913–1986)
·         Dr. Rafiq Hussain (1913–1990)
·         Sahir Hoshiarpuri (1913–1994)
·         Ali Sardar Jafri (1913–2000)
·         Mir Gul Khan Nasir (1914–1983)
·         Ihsan Danish (1914–1982)
·         Ghulam Rabbani Tabaan (1914–)
·         Jan Nisar Akhtar (1914–1976)
·         Majeed Amjad (1914–1974)
·         Sikandar Ali Wajd (1914–1983)
·         Yazdani Jalandhari (1915–1990)
·         Akhtar ul Iman (1915–1996)
·         Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi, Nadeem (1916–2006)
·         Zamir Jafri, Zamir (1916–1999)
·         Shakeel Badayuni (1916–1970)
·         Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee (1917–2005)
·         Fareed e Millat Dr Fareed ud Din Qadri, Fareed (1918–1974)
·         Jagannath Azad (1918–2004)
·         Kaifi Azmi (1918–2002)
·         Majrooh Sultanpuri (1919–2000)
·         Khumar Barabankvi, Khumar (1919–1999)
·         Qateel Shifai, Qateel (1919–2001)

1920

·         Salam Machhalishahri (1921–1973)
·         Sahir Ludhianvi, Sahir (1921–1980)
·         Saif ud din, Saif (1922–1993)
·         Dr.Wazeer Agha (1922–2010)
·         Kuldeep Gohar Kuldeep Narain Tikku (1922)
·         Rahi Ahmad Rahi (1923)
·         Ayyub Sabir (1923–1989)
·         Saeeda urooj Mazhar, Saeeda urooj Mazhar (1925)
·         Nasir Kazmi, Nasir (1925–1972)
·         Kaifi Azmi (1926–2002)
·         Dr. Jaulikar Azeezur Rahman Azeez Thamannai (1926-2007)
·         Kamaal Ahmad Siddiqi (1926)
·         Himayat Ali Shair, Shair (1926)
·         Naresh Kumar Shad (1927–1969)
·         Khalilur Rahman Azmi (1927–1978)
·         Ibn-e-Insha, Insha (1927–1978)
·         Shabnam Romani,Shabnam (1928–2009)
·         Balraj Komal (1928)
·         Raja Mehdi Ali Khan (1928–1966)
·         Munir Niazi (1928–2006)
·         Habib Jalib (1928–1993)
·         Dilawar Figar (1928–1998)
·         Hosh Sarhadi Das Ram Madan (1928-2011)
·         M. Ayub Mirza (1929-2010)

1930

·         Syed Fakhruddin Balley (1930–2004)
·         Mustafa Zaidi (1930–1970)
·         Riasat Ali Taj (1930–1999)
·         Sardar aalam siddiqui (1930–2010)
·         Ahmad Faraz (1931–2008)
·         Jon Elia (1931–2003)
·         Kanwal Ziai (1931)
·         Zafar Iqbal (1932)
·         Shakeb Jalali (1932–1966)
·         Syed Al-e-Ahmad (1932–1999)
·         Mohsin Bhopali (1932–2007)
·         Waheed Akhtar (1934–1996)
·         Murtaza Birlas (1934)
·         Muhammad Sultan Sabr Wani (1935–2009)
·         Aftab Iqbal Shamim (1936)
·         Gulzar (1936)
·         Zarina Sani (1937–1982)
·         Nida Fazli (1938)
·         Maajed Siddiqui (1938)
·         Dr.Najmul Hoda (1938)
·         Maulana Shabnam Kamali (1938–2004)
·         Syed Mahmood Khundmiri (1938-2011)
·         Mus'hif Iqbal Tausifi (1939)
·         Obaidullah Aleem (1939–1997)

 1940

·         Kishwar Naheed (1940)
·         Kaif Rizwani (1940)
·         Jazib Qureshi (1940)
·         Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi (1941)
·         Anwar Anjum (1941–1969)
·         Prof. Kausar Shahjahanpuri (1941–2008)
·         Iftikhar Arif (1943)
·         Sabir Hussain Sabir (born in poonch)
·         Amjad Islam Amjad (1944)
·         Ghulam Muhammad Qasir, Qasir (1944–1999)
·         Bashir Badr (1945)
·         Javed Akhtar (1945)
·         Shujaat Ali Rahi (1945)
·         Anwer Zahidi (1946)
·         Saeed Warsi /Dr. (January 1946)
·         Tashie Zaheer, Iqbal Zaheer Tashie (1947)
·         Rasheed Warsi (1947–2009)
·         Muhammad Izhar ul Haq (1948)
·         Tanwir Phool (1948)
·         Fehmida Riaz (1948)

1950

·         Ehsan Sehgal (1951)
·         Rahat Indori (1950)
·         Muslim Saleem (1950)
·         Abid Karhani (1950)
·         Zahid Abrol (1950)
·         latif sahil {1951}
·         Akbar Zahid (1952)
·         Syed Abubaker Maliki Bhatkali (1952)
·         Parveen Shakir (1952–1994)
·         Maqsood Ahmad Naseem (1953)
·         Paigham Afaqui (1956)
·         Noon Meem Danish (1958)
·         Syed Arif Moeen Balley (1958)
·         Professor Dr. R. Y. Jalali (1958)
·         Template:Khalid ahmad (1943}
Muqsit Nadeem (1953)

1960

·         Aanis Moeen (Lahore, 29 Nov. 1960 - Multan, 5 Feb. 1986)
·         Samina Raja (1961)
·         Ahmad Hussain Mujahid (1961)
·         Fayyaz Uddin Saieb (1963)
·         Raees Warsi (1 March 1963)
·         Noshi Gilani (1964)
·         Sabih rehmani (1965)
·         Harris Khalique (1966)
·         Saeed Khan (1966)
·         Raja Ishaq (1966)
·         Syed Zafar Moeen Balley (1967)
·         Ameen Asim (1968)
·         Muzaffar Ahmad Muzaffar (1969)

1970

·         Sarmad Akhtarabadi (1973)
·         Syed Kashif Raza (1973)
·         Murad Jaipuri (Tuhin Kanti Nag) (1974)
·         Smandar Mansoori (1974)
·         Maria Rizvani (1976)
·         Sarim Momin (1978)

Contemporary poets with unknown date of birth

·         Kaif Bhopali
·         Wali Aasi
·         Shamim Jaipuri
·         Shahryar_Urdu_Poet
·         Hussain Mohi-ud-Din Qadri
·         Anand Narain Mulla
·         Zafar Gorakhpuri
·         Majnu Gorakhpuri
·         Nazeer Banarsi
·         Sudarshan Fakhir
·         Naqi Kazmi
·         Maahir Ratlami
·         Noor Lakhnavi
·         Fariyad 'Azer"
·         Abid Khan Abid (1975)
·         Vaibhav Sharma (1983)